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| | DAZHBOG Articles Dazbog, Dazhbog or Dazhdbog (South- |
 | | Dazbog, Dazhbog or Dazhdbog (South-Slavic Dabog or Dajbog, Czech Dachbog) was one of major gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a culture hero. |
 | | This is particulary interesting since the Slavic word for god, bog, the sufix of Dazbog’s name, is most likely of Iranian origin, being cognate to Avestic baga and Sanskrit bhagah (both epithets of deities), which ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European root *bhag, meaning wealth, fortune. |
 | | This echoes the ancient Indo-European concept that deity is, in essence, an entitiy which gives wealth and abundance, an indication, perhaps, that Dazbog is a relic from common Proto-Indo-European religion, or even that this was not a name for any particular Slavic god, but a general epithet of a deity. |
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